MSRUniversal Canister Stand

Easy to clip on the bottom of a canister and more than doubles the footprint and gives a little lift to go over bumps and rocks.Works better than expected.

I recently bought an MSR Pocket Rocket 2 canister fuel stove to supplement my MSR Dragonfly liquid fuel stove. I love the Dragonfly but it is heavier and takes up a lot of space in my pack. So for solo hikes in 3 season weather, I thought I'd finally break down and buy a canister stove with all their inherent limitations of fuel availability, lack of wind shielding, and instability.What I didn't realize is just how unstable a tall thin column using a fuel canister for a base on dirt and rock would actually be with a pot of water sitting on top of it.I immediately realized I wasn't taking the Pocket Rocket 2 anywhere in the back country without some sort of stabilizer for the whole rig.. So I looked around and it seems you can either choose this stainless steel support from MSR or countless plastic supports from Jet Boil, Optimus, or counless Chinese knockoffs that do the same thing for 1/2 to 1/3 of the $15 this support costs. The plastic supports all seen to share a common design.I chose this stainless steel stand for two reasons.1.) Ease of use - the spring loaded retainer on this canister stand makes it quick and easy to attach and it grips securely.2.) Packed size and shape - this folds into a slim package about 6 inches long while the plastic ones are a little bulkier and oddly shaped.Either solution works to provide a wider base for stability in any canister stove. The main message is to get one of the two designs and use it. This is a good solution and worth the weight and space in your pack. If you don't want burn yourself with spilled boiling water when it tips over. If you don't want to waste fuel reheating water after you spill it. If you don't want to risk a fire when your canister stove tips over while roaring at full blast. Get a canister stand of some sort and use it.

I am using the canister stand with an MSR Reactor stove system. The stand is sturdy, lightweight, and fits a variety of canister sizes because one side is spring loaded to clamp efficiently onto the canister rim base. My only complaint is that when folded, it doesn't fit inside the 1.7 L Reactor stove pot along with the reactor stove and a canister. *Edit: I've used the canister on several backpacking/camping trips and figured out that you can store it within the Reactor 1.7, along with an 8 oz canister; it just takes careful orientation to get it all to fit! Super pleased overall.

This is very light and folds up to almost nothing. Unfolded it is sturdy enough for it's intended purpose as long as you don't put any cast iron on your stove. It forms a much wider base than the fuel cans and fits the small and normal base cans. One area of slight weakness is that the little spring loaded slide lock is plastic. If it were made of formed metal it would last through heat, sun and wear, but I don't know about this little plastic piece. It works fine for now and is well molded out of what seems like a strong material, but it is still plastic. If it doesn't have any UV protection, it may not last long outside.

This is a great little addition to my backpacking and camping gear! I use my tiny and ultralight collapsible stoves and lamps which fit onto a MSR or similar gas cannister. Sometimes the ground is not level and therefore the stove and/or lamp is unstable. This MSR cannister stand is the answer. It is made of durable and very light material, and collapses down to a very small footprint to easily carry in the backpack. One of the legs has a spring-loaded sliding piece which will allow the stand to accommodate different sized cannisters... genius! Very well made item!

Makes the footprint much bigger. The black part is on a spring and its light and clever and works well. The stand makes the stove a lot more stable. Youtube says you don’t need it because you need level ground anyway and fair enough I wouldn’t carry it for ultralight but the geometrical dynamics of a little circle sitting on a flat versus leveling three points is night and day. Imagine a badly warped picnic table board. In snow or sand upu might want to add some little plastic feet but compared to not having it in snow or sand....Sometimes i cook with larger pots on tiny stoves, often with a diffuser plate and a good foundation is an absolute necessity for avoiding disasters.

Perfect little gadget to ensure stability of your canister stove setup. Is it a need-to-have? Not really, but it gives peace of mind and added flexibility on where you can set up your stove when the ground is uneven. By the time you put a pot of water on top of a stove that's on top of a canister, you end up with a pretty tall stack with a really high center of gravity. As other reviewers have mentioned, the cheap tin construction is lightweight but doesn't exactly inspire confidence that it would survive getting stepped on. I'd pay a little more for something like titanium alloy. Overall, though, this fit right inside the pouch that came with my Soto Windmaster stove. Barely even know it's there, but in the wilderness I was glad it was.

I use my isobutane stove quite often when hiking, and camping. Sometimes I can easily find a level spot, and am good to go. Other times I would often resort to a stick or small rock to shim the stove level, which generally worked, but I felt was awkward.After looking at quite a few canister stands, I settled on the MSR Universal Stand. It fits the various canisters I have tried, and based on the flexible design, this really is not a surprise. The other stands I considered all appeared to only fit well for specific canister base diameters. I originally thought they were all the same size, but if the reviews I read were correct, they are not. So, for me the choice to avoid any doubts of the stand fitting a canister, the MSR was the easy choice.